Llama 4 Maverick vs Llama 4 Scout

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, capabilities, benchmarks, and use case fit.

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Llama 4 Maverick

Meta

Overall 86

standard

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Llama 4 Scout

Meta

Overall 82

standard

Capability radar

Normalized coding, reasoning, writing, vision, context, and value

Llama 4 MaverickLlama 4 Scout

Comparison of Llama 4 Maverick vs Llama 4 Scout
Metric	Llama 4 Maverick	Llama 4 Scout
Input Price / 1M	$0.20	$0.15
Output Price / 1M	$0.60	$0.50
Combined Price / 1M	$0.80	$0.65
Context Window	1,000,000	10,000,000
Coding Score	87	83
Reasoning Score	88	85
Vision Score	85	82
Audio	No	No
Streaming	Yes	Yes
Function Calling	Yes	Yes
Latency Tier	standard	standard
Release Date	3/5/2025	3/5/2025

Llama 4 Maverick — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

1M open context
Multimodal
Very low API cost

Weaknesses

Newer ecosystem
Variable hosted quality

Llama 4 Scout — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

10M context
Open weights
Document RAG

Weaknesses

Extreme context has throughput tradeoffs

Use Case Verdicts

Coding

Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick scores 87 vs 83 on coding benchmarks.

General Chat

Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick leads on writing quality (82 vs 79).

Long Context

Llama 4 Scout offers 10M tokens vs 1M.

Cost Efficiency

Llama 4 Scout is cheaper at $0.65/M combined vs $0.80/M.

Enterprise Use

Llama 4 Scout combines strong reasoning, tooling, and context for enterprise workloads.

Agent Workflows

Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick is better suited for agentic workflows with tool use and coding capability.